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Well, as to why hemp is illegal in the US, hear goes:

There was this really rich guy, his name escapes me at the moment. He 
owned a newspaper and had made a huge investment in woodpulp paper 
rather than hemp paper. His problem was that hemp paper was completely 
outcompeting woodpulp paper.

His solution was to run false stories in his newspaper about hemp. He 
coined the term "marijuana" to conjure up a mexican scare. He then 
talked about all of the immigrant mexicans who were so violent while 
doped up on the old mary jane. Of course we all know this is bullshit, 
but with a good deal of political and propaganda savvy he managed to 
make the politicians and public believe him. Consequently hemp is 
illegal in the States.

As to why we don't use biomass, I think it does have something to do 
with the petroleum and car companies. Obviously biomass needs work, but 
workable systems already exist. For example, Brazil has used alcoholic 
fuels for cars on a large scale in the past. In fact the US largely ran 
on biomass derived fuels until WWII when we switched to oil because of 
the loss of rubber plantations.